Rising from the Ashes

Last chance

Chapter 20

Tybolt’s pov

It tore out my heart to sit there as Crimson called us all out about our treatment towards her and Regina. She was right they had both been let down badly by every one of us. Tamara jnr, dad, Tamara snr, and Katya all agreed with her, making it known that they felt the same way.

I know I had completely fu.cked everything up, not only with Regina, but many more people too. The truth was I was too ashamed and embarrassed to reach out to her. After knowing how wrong I had been, I just couldn’t do it.

That was a huge mistake as all it did was prove to Regina that I would always pick Sophia over her. It wasn’t that I just couldn’t bear my daughter to no longer be in this world. Also, I was having everyone else call and asking how it went.

Not that they didn’t want to call, they also felt terrible and wanted to make amends. I should have done it myself, but it was just another wrong move on my part. Obviously, she was hearing what was going on Hades, and Claudia wouldn’t hold anything back from her.

All I have managed to do is create even more distance between us. Instead of being at Sophia’s cell each day, trying to understand why she did it, I should have instead have called every single day even if she refused the calls. At the very least, I could have done both.

I feel ashamed for not only turning everyone against my daughter but also my mate. In my magic dosed mind, I didn’t notice how badly Crimson was being treated. To busy blaming Regina for the ever increasing distance between us.

I could see how upset everyone was that Crimson was calling them out like that. To be perfectly honest, she was right. We were all a.ssholes to her and Regina, and now we were acting like all of a sudden we should all be forgiven.

Not a single one of us deserves either Regina or Crimson. Hell, not even our people gave her the respect she deserved as their queen. All the changes that had been done had been her idea. Out of both of us, they should have respected and supported her more.

Now, they will see what it is like to be frozen out. She is done helping people who have done nothing but disrespect and discard her. We should be lucky she is willing to stop everything from falling apart by keeping things running.

It is freaking me out though, Julius is not ready to take over, he is making progress with Raine, but he is still feeling the loss of Regina even if he never bothered to bond with her. I just wish he was more like his mother and didn’t just follow my lead on everything.

His future beta and gamma are not much better either. They have proven to be followers and not leaders. Every one of them followed their fathers, Nelson and Cameron just did whatever Julius did and followed his every word.

How are they supposed to look after the people of this kingdom, if they can not even look to see all sides of the story. I know I sound like a hypocrite, as I believed everything Sophia said for years before she started to drug me.

It is the strangest thing to have two sets of memories. One set is the life and reality I thought I was living, and the other was the truth. It has been hard to sort through my emotions from it. I want to be angry at Sophia, but it is as if my body is conditioned against it.

With Regina, I need to keep reminding myself that she was the innocent one, as my brain was set on hatred for so long. It doesn’t help that I can hardly bear to look over the real memories. It is too painful seeing everything she went through at my hands and others.

My beta Drew suggested we just crown Julius to try and get Regina to attend the ceremony. It may have worked if August hadn’t rejected her, but she is not a leader or future leader now, so she doesn’t have to come, especially now she has broken her familial bond with him.

If Raine doesn’t accept Julius, I am seriously thinking about passing the crown to Tamara and her mate Struan. At least she can lead, and her mate is a good guy. Regina is probably the best option to take over, but there is no way she would agree. There is too much pain here for her.

My gamma Glen is a complete mess right now. His job is to protect his Queen, he is another one who let her down and hurt her. She has no trust left in him, she feel like he will follow others' orders before her own, which isn’t good at all.

Trust is the most important part of their relationship. She needs to be sure he will have her back, and for years, he hasn’t. It is the same with our bond, and I am not sure if it will ever be the same again. She barely wants to be near me, and our s*x life is almost non-existent.

I cringe when I think of the times I called her selfish or needy, just because she wanted us to have time alone. It was so stuck in my head to give all my attention to Sophia that I thought every time she wanted me to be with her was unreasonable.

Nelson is an even bigger mess than he was before, he never even cared about how he treated Regina, all he cared about was his anger at Sophia for tricking him, he was devastated that she was his mate and that she lied to him for so long.

To make it even worse, his second chance mate is Gloria, the gammas only daughter. Sophia was a bit.tch to her too because she liked Regina. Julius, Nelson, and the other kids ignored her for favouring Regina, so now she is not exactly impressed with the goddesses choice for her.

She knows she will get a second chance mate, I think between her families pressure on her and the fact she knows Nelson won’t get another mate is the only reason he hasn’t been rejected yet. He is not very confident it won’t happen though.

It has made him even more regretful of his actions finally, part of what Gloria had against him was his lack of remorse towards Regina and his actions to her. He didn’t bother to go to her to apologise until after he found out they were mates.

So that is two of the future ranks in jeopardy of securing a mate and future heirs. I think Cameron is a bit thankful his mate isn’t here, as hopefully she won’t hold a grudge against him before they meet. It’s a mess, and I have no idea what to do about any of it.

I am supposed to be the leader, and I have no fu.cking idea what I am doing right now. Crimson was always better at finding solutions, but she is done bailing us out. She is too busy trying to salvage what family she has left and not letting it fall apart anymore than it is.

My heart skips a beat when I hear Crimson talking, and she sounds so happy, and even laughs, I can’t remember the last time I heard her laugh. It quickly becomes clear that she is on the phone to Regina, and even though I know it is wrong, I listen in.

I get excited when I hear her say she is happy that Marcus is her mate, and she can not wait to see her. They are making plans to meet up, which means Regina is back, and I can finally do what I should have done a long time ago now.

Without even thinking, I go outside linking Julius and Drew to let them know I am away to the Vampire kingdom as Regina is back. Drew says he will let my father in law know, and Julius is already outside by the time I get there.

The two of us shift and take to the skies, no plan in mind, other than getting there as quickly as we can. I probably should have realised that it was a very bad idea. On the way there, we meet up with Cole, Chris, and August’s dragons.

I am starting to worry this was a bad idea, but we will be there soon, I wish I had told Drew not to tell anyone. I am not sure if she is more or less likely to hear us out if there is more of us there, I am worried about overwhelming her.

I can’t turn back now, I have spent too long sitting back and not making the effort with her. I need to show her that I love her and would do anything I can to make up for everything. When we land, it is more than obvious we are not welcome.